Daisy's Story
Fast Facts
Sport: Freestyle Skiing
Event: Ski Slopestyle/Big Air
Olympic History: Milano Cortina 2026
Highlight: Winning World Rookie Tour, 2024 Winter Youth Olympic Games and being selected for the 2026 Olympic Games
Year Born: 2007
About Daisy
Daisy Thomas is a sensational young freeski big air and slopestyle competitor who will make her Olympic debut at the Milano Cortina Games, aged just 18.
After competing at the 2024 Youth Olympic Games, where she won silver in big air and was fifth in slopestyle, she has achieved top-10 results in World Cups and top-20 at the World Championships.
Born in Sydney, Daisy first clicked into skis at three and quickly found a home on snow. She began with alpine racing at Perisher Winter Sports Club before moving to moguls, but from 2019 the pull of park and pipe proved irresistible. Backed by a close-knit family and early coaching, she set about learning the craft of slopestyle and big air with uncommon speed and resolve.
Her rise through junior and development ranks was swift. In 2021 she claimed a podium on the Australia–New Zealand Cup circuit and, in 2022, finished runner-up at the World Rookie Tour Freeski Finals and earned a New South Wales Institute of Sport scholarship. The following year brought a breakthrough: victory at the World Rookie Tour Finals in Italy, a first European Cup Premium podium in St Moritz, and, at the progressive Swatch Nines, she became the first Australian female skier to land a double cork 1080. That momentum flowed into an impressive World Cup debut at Copper Mountain, where, as the youngest finalist, she placed seventh in big air.
The 2024 Winter Youth Olympic Games in Gangwon cemented Daisy’s promise on a global stage. After a top‑five in slopestyle, she delivered two clean, high‑difficulty jumps, a double cork 1080 and a switch bio 900, to win silver in big air. Australia’s first Youth Olympic medal in that event. Her 172.75‑point total left her just 7.25 shy of gold medallist Flora Tabanelli.
Stepping into senior ranks full‑time in 2024/25, Daisy handled the grind of the World Cup tour with maturity. Across nine World Cups she logged two top‑tens and a pair of 11th‑place finishes, highlighted by an eighth in big air at Kreischberg after qualifying fifth for only her second career World Cup final. Her first senior World Championships followed in St Moritz–Engadin: 20th in slopestyle and 22nd in big air, valuable experience against the world’s elite.
Recognition at home came quickly, too. At the Snow Australia Awards, Daisy shared Junior Athlete of the Year honours with moguls skier Lottie Lodge in acknowledgment of her Youth Olympic silver and rapid progress on the senior tour.
In January 2025 she posted a career‑best World Cup eighth in Kreischberg big air under lights, laying down a high‑scoring left double 1080 in finals. Later in the season she was 11th in Aspen big air, narrowly missing the final, and kept stacking solid slopestyle showings, including 18th at Stoneham. Each start added depth to her trick book and competitive poise.
The 2025 Southern Hemisphere season showed a young athlete turning consistency into leadership. Daisy opened the Australia–New Zealand Cup at Thredbo with a commanding women’s slopestyle and big air win, then added more podiums through the series. By early October she topped the ANC standings, securing a personal quota start for the 2025/26 World Cup season, an important springboard toward Milano‑Cortina 2026.
In 2025 she also joined the Sport Australia Hall of Fame Scholarship & Mentoring Program as a Tier 1 recipient, paired with former Matildas captain Cheryl Salisbury, support that complements her daily work with the national high‑performance system. It is a partnership designed to help her qualify for the 2026 Olympic Winter Games while balancing life beyond sport. Daisy has expressed an interest in studying Arts/Law and a future in advocacy.
With a deep trick repertoire and a grounded approach, she is part of a new wave of Australian freeskiers bringing style and ambition to the international stage.
Away from the start gate, Daisy is thoughtful about the culture and creativity of her sport, often speaking about chasing progression and the “buzz” of learning new tricks rather than medals alone. That mindset, alongside a disciplined approach to training and study (she pursued the International Baccalaureate through 2024) has underpinned her development from talented junior to genuine World Cup competitor.
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